News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
IoLSTEINS.



[ notice in the NelC England Farmer OF
March 9Th that Mr.. E. Burnett says in
answers to questions that HOlsteins
are not adapted to New England" That
was nearly my opinion derived from
hereSay one year ago, but you must
summer and winter an acquaintance be-
| fore you know them" [ have had in
my care six thoroughbred and five grade
liOlstein cows and their calves the past
year besides other stock: Now [ find
| that the HOlStein milk Will grow calf
as well if not better than other milk
And why? My reasons are, they are
large, strong, active, healthy cattle, with
| good digestive powers, are never sick or
Off their feed, in fact, vigorous i'll every
way. VIII any tirSt-clasS physician claim
| that such milk is not the milk for in
fants, whether human or animal E?
Again our New England farms general
| ly have more or less swale or second
and third quality of hay. Is there
Orts or waste in the managers than
the Holsteins? No Sir. He also says,
''Our pastures do not furnish sufficient
food" There he is right, and might
have added, for that or any other kind
of milking stock. There are exceptions,
however. This is the reason why so
many Soiling crops are raised through
out the country. In my opinion HOl-
stems as breed are quick in action,
love their friends, resent an injury, are
large and strong, make good oxen, learn
readily, and obey promptly. The milk
bears transportation well, is of good
flavor for table drink, and there is some
satisfaction in getting three good pals
of milk from one COW per day in the
month of March as the following record
of the COW = Grade Queen" HOlStein
grade, shows:
Dropped heifer calf February 2, began
milking Feb. 5, All tb; 6, Az; 7, 394
s, 40; 9, 394; 10, Az; II. A; II. 43 ; -,
As; II, AZ; 10, 40; Is, Is; II, 46; IS, Al;
10, ~; 20, A; 81, 49,; p, 49,; %, 5O4
March l, so; 2, 524; 3, 55t; 4, $50; 5,
554; 6, 55; 7, So; s, Sc; 9, 81 10, So;
II, 543; II, "a; 10, 553; IA, 543; 10, 81.
1919 pounds s ounces of milk in 80 days,
averaging per day 46 pounds, 10 ounces.
In vindicatiOn of my Holstein friends,
yours, j. n. PERRIN,
Foreman n. E. Farm.
Worcester, Mass.
The above article we take from
the New England Farmer. Our
practical knowledge of stock raising
is quite too limited to enable US to en-
dorse or deny consistently the several
claims Of our correspondents in regard
to the comparative superiority Of their
favorite breed of stock. But we have
often thought it very strange that those
who raise stock should not be careful
to raise the Discriminating the most
profitable for all purposes, keeping in
mind the relative net expenses of ma
turing, and their value at maturity
but whether that blood be Durham,
Short Horn, Swiss, Holstein, Devon,
Hereford, Attorney, Jersey, York
shire or Limburger, we do not presume
to say. Still we believe the fact. that
no farmer can afford to keep inferior
breeds of stock, is now conceded by all
practical thinking farmers, and we are
inclined to believe that with the same
care and keeping the Holstein at two
years old, saying nothing Of the supe-
rior build, will be more than fifty per
cent. ahead of our native breeds in
weight. We give the following record |
(not upon our own responsibility |
from the report of the Houghton Farm
at Putney in 1886, to wit: 81 lbs.
and l 1-2 OF. in so days; 50 lbs. and |
Z OF. in 80 days; 80 lbs. and II 1-2 |
OF. i'll so days; AMI 81 lbs. and 10 |
1-2 OF. in 80 days. And the same
report adds that Mr.. Wright MIXED |
in ten months from p grade COWS,
three of which were two-year-old heif- /
ers, an average Of 8,107 lbs. of milk,
which brought him, besides pigs and |
calves, $97.73.